1 Chronicles Chapter 15
15:1 | And [David] made him ![]() |
15:2 | Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. |
15:3 | And David gathered all ![]() ![]() |
15:4 | And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: |
15:5 | Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: |
15:6 | Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: |
15:7 | Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: |
15:8 | Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: |
15:9 | Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: |
15:10 | Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. |
15:11 | And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, |
15:12 | And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of ![]() |
15:13 | For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. |
15:14 | So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of ![]() |
15:15 | And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. |
15:16 | And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. |
15:17 | So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; |
15:18 | And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. |
15:19 | So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass; |
15:20 | And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; |
15:21 | And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. |
15:22 | And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful. |
15:23 | And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. |
15:24 | And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. |
15:25 | So David, and the elders of ![]() ![]() |
15:26 | And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. |
15:27 | And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen. |
15:28 | Thus all ![]() |
15:29 | And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw ![]() |